Chapter 3

Question 1

What was the first English settlement in America?

Answer 1

Roanoke

Question 2

Who established Roanoke?

Answer 2

Sir Walter Raleigh

Question 3

What was the word left behind on Roanoke Island that John White saw when he returned?

Answer 3

Croatoan

Question 4

What are documents that gave rights to establish settlements from King James I?

Answer 4

Charters

Question 5

What is a joint-stock company?

Answer 5

It’s when investors buy stock to help set the settlement up and once profits are reached, the investors get a percentage.

Question 6

What was the settlement established by the Virginia Company?

Answer 6

Jamestown

Question 7

Who was the first governor of the Jamestown settlement?

Answer 7

Captain John Smith

Question 8

What was the time period called when the Powhatan stopped providing food for the colonists?

Answer 8

“The Starving Time.”

Question 9

What crop saved Jamestown?

Answer 9

Tobacco

Question 10

Who married the daughter of Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas?

Answer 10

John Rolfe

Question 11

What was the legislative assembly of Jamestown?

Answer 11

The House of Burgesses

Question 12

What was the official Church of England after the Protestant Reformation?

Answer 12

The Anglican Church

Question 13

Who were the Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church?

Answer 13

Puritans

Question 14

What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims came to America on?

Answer 14

The Mayflower

Question 15

What percentage of Pilgrims passed away after their first winter?

Answer 15

50%

Question 16

Who were the two people showed the Pilgrims how to grow crops and where to hunt and fish?

Answer 16

Squanto & Samoset

Question 17

What Native American group participated in the First Thanksgiving?

Answer 17

The Wampanoag Tribe

Question 18

Who was the first leader of the Pilgrims and wrote the book Of Plymouth Plantation?

Answer 18

William Bradford

Question 19

What was the Puritan society that was based on the Bible?

Answer 19

The Massachusetts Bay Colony

Question 20

Who was the Puritan that was the governor of the Mass. Bay Colony?

Answer 20

John Winthrop

Question 21

What happened during the Salem Witch Trials?

Answer 21

They were a series hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft many were falsely accused but were killed either way.

Question 22

What city and colony did Thomas Hooker establish?

Answer 22

Hartford, Connecticut

Question 23

What was special about the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

Answer 23

It was the first written constitution in America.

Question 24

What was the name of the Dutch Colony in North America?

Answer 24

New Netherlands

Question 25

What was the main settlement of the Dutch colony?

Answer 25

New Amsterdam

Question 26

After the British take over this Dutch colony what was its name changed to?

Answer 26

New York

Question 27

What was the name of the colony founded by William Penn?

Answer 27

Pennsylvania

Question 28

What religious belief did William Penn follow that was known to be tolerant of other people’s views?

Answer 28

Pacifists

Question 29

What is a pacifist?

Answer 29

People who refuse to fight in wars or use force.

Question 30

Quakers were much more accepting of what two groups of people than others in the colonies at this time?

Answer 30

Women and Native Americans.

Question 31

What was the economy of the Southern Colonies driven by?

Answer 31

Plantations

Question 32

What were indentured servants?

Answer 32

A laborer under contract to an employer in exchange for their transportation, food, and lodging.

Question 33

What colony was founded by George Calvert?

Answer 33

Maryland

Question 34

What law granted Maryland residents the right to worship freely?

Answer 34

The Act of Toleration

Question 35

What is the cultural boundary between the Northern and Southern Colonies?

Answer 35

The Mason-Dixon Line

Question 36

Who led a rebellion and was called “the greatest rebel that ever was in Virginia”?

Answer 36

Nathaniel Bacon

Question 37

Who was the founder of the colony of Georgia?

Answer 37

James Oglethorpe

Question 38

What was the main reason for the creation of Georgia?

Answer 38

It was set up as a buffer state between the stronger English colonies and Spanish attacks and as a place where English debtors and the lower class could get a fresh start.

Question 39

What was the colony founded in New France?

Answer 39

Louisiana

Question 40

Which country had the best relations with the Native Americans at this time?

Answer 40

New France

Question 41

Who were the Protestants who wanted to leave and set up their own churches?

Answer 41

Separatists

Question 42

Who were the separatists who came to the colonies for religious freedom?

Answer 42

Pilgrims